Editorials

EACH YEAR ON March 8, Liberia joins the rest of the world to celebrate International Women’s Day. Speeches are delivered, colorful programs are organized, and powerful declarations are made about the importance of empowering women. This…

LIBERIA HAS WELCOMED the arrival of the so-called “yellow machines” with drums, slogans, photo-ops, and a parade of lawmakers dressed like political cheerleaders. Roads matter. Infrastructure matters. Development equipment matters. But…

LIBERIA’S PETROLEUM SECTOR is again at the center of national debate, not merely because of fuel prices or supply concerns, but because of a legislative push that could redefine the future of the Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC).…

THERE ARE MOMENTS when a nation must pause. Moments when the noise of politics, the weight of history, and the sharp edges of public disagreement fall silent before the deeper truth of human sorrow. This is such a moment for Liberia. A…

LIBERIA’S SUPREME COURT has delivered a decision that may come to define this moment in our civic history. By sentencing Prophet Key to six months’ imprisonment for contempt, the High Court has sent a message long overdue: freedom of…

ATTORNEY CORNELIA W. KRUAH’S nomination and ongoing confirmation hearing before the Liberian Senate to head the Ministry of Youth and Sports arrives at a moment of deep anxiety—and deep expectation—among Liberia’s young people. It is…

ALL IS SET. Liberia prepares for President Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s third State of the Nation Address today, Monday, January 26. The nation stands at an important point of reflection—one defined not only by expectations, but also by the…

LIBERIA’S MARITIME sector is poised for potentially transformative change. The “Liberia Sea and Inland Ports Decentralization and Modernization Act of 2025,” along with its companion regulatory bill, proposes dismantling the centralized…

LIBERIA’S MARITIME SECTOR is poised for potentially transformative change. The “Liberia Sea and Inland Ports Decentralization and Modernization Act of 2025,” along with its companion regulatory bill, proposes dismantling the centralized…

TWO YEARS INTO the life of the Unity Party–led administration, Liberia stands at a familiar crossroads—one shaped by hope, impatience, skepticism, and history. The national mood today is neither outright despair nor unquestioned optimism,…